Redbridge Council has commissioned Jan Kattein Architects to deliver an art audio trail that celebrates the high streets in Wanstead, Woodford and South Woodford. Felicity Barbur reports

Having been selected as a Girls Golf Rocks venue, Wanstead Golf Club is joining others around the country in encouraging more girls to take up the sport. Club manager Danielle Anderson reports

Local historian Richard Arnopp has scheduled two new events for his Wanstead Park in Context series of presentations

Dr Emilia Smeds from the University of Westminster introduces the EX-TRA research project surveying opinions on Wanstead’s street space. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson

Redbridge’s heroes were recognised at the Mayor’s Community Awards last month

Work to bring a new natural play area to Wanstead Park gets underway this month. It will benefit not only local kids’ health, but will improve the park environment as well, says Gill James

Temporary fencing has returned to Wanstead Flats to protect ground-nesting skylarks during the breeding season

The new café kiosk on Christ Church Green is set to open this month

A community sewing group that made scrubs for hospitals during the pandemic is looking for more volunteers

Applications to hold a street party for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee must be submitted by 14 April

Organisers of Wanstead’s Tin in a Bin network were overwhelmed by local support for their Ukraine appeal

An election hustings with an environmental focus will be held at Wanstead Library this month